Karen West

SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT Software and Hardware Testing Operations Leader with extensive years of demonstrated achievements in delivering technical, applications and service improvements for multimillion-dollar companies. Dedicated professional known for pioneering technical implementation strategies to expand business relationships, fuel productivity and heighten efficiency. Creative problem solver, big-picture thinker and communicator with a proven ability to develop cutting-edge methods for enhancing software and hardware functionality through testing, firmware upgrades and multiple other improvements. Software & Hardware Testing * Executive Presentations * Simulations & Testing Operations Performance Metrics * Inspections & Analysis * Status Tracking * Debugging Processes Continuous Process Improvement * Requirements Testing * Vendor Application Integration Software & Firmware Upgrades * Onsite Services * Computer Languages * Chip Design TECHNICAL SKILLS & TRAINING C, MSVisual C++, Unix, Distributed Database Transactional System, Rally, ProC, VHDL, Mentor Graphics Chip Design Tool, PCs, Microsoft Windows, Linux, FPGA Interfaces, Scripting, Python, Perl, JavaScript, Simics, MATLAB, Computer Networking, FDDI, Ethernet, Broadband Networking, Set-Top-Box, Support, Firmware, pSOS, VxWorks, Broadcom Chipset. SPICE & Open GL